From CBS News:
The "super-senior" who bravely fought-off jewel thieves with her handbag has been unmasked.
She's 71-year old grandmother, Ann Timson -- and she's being called a hero by her community.
Timson was caught on video Monday beating up a gang of robbers with her bag. They were trying to break the windows of a jewelry store in Northampton, England.
She initially thought a kid was being beaten up.
"My mother's instinct kicked in and I ran across the road shouting at the lads to stop it," she said in an interview with the British newspaper The Sunys. "I was not going to stand by and watch someone take a beating, so I intervened. As I got closer, I saw it was a robbery - and then I was even more angry that they felt they could get away with that in broad daylight"
The fiesty granny was on a mission.
I understand about the mother's instinct kicking in. Perhaps I could run like a quarterback, if I thought a kid was getting hurt. And she was not deterred when one of the crooks threatened her with a hammer! I'd like to meet the courageous lady.
